Religious instruction Books

A Newcomer's Guide to the Bible serves readers whom other guides to the Bible overlook. Many introductory studies presume that their readers already possess a rudimentary knowledge of the Bible.But today, even the most commonBiblical terms are unfamiliar...

With the ever-increasing demands placed on our parish leaders, what can seminaries do to prepare priests to deal with the difficult issues they will face? In addition to formation in priestly spirituality and pastoral care, future pastors require lasting...

This ethnographic study focuses on emerging adult Muslims engaged in religious learning in Western environments. It draws on fieldwork in the United States, Canada, and Turkey to explore the production of knowledge and the formation of religious identity.

Sacred Playgrounds explores the wisdom of camping ministry for Christian education and faith formation, examining its rich history and fundamental characteristics with compelling stories, groundbreaking research, and theological grounding. Christian...

The Society of Children's Spirituality: Christian Perspectives launched in 2003 with its first conference held at Concordia University Chicago, in River Forest, Illinois. An earlier edition of this book, composed of chapters based on presentations from...

<p>This Plan to Protect™ manual is designed to assist Churches and Ministries in the United States in protecting their children, youth, church, and personnel.  The manual mirrors the insurance standards in United States to qualify for...

A sociological approach towards gamers' life, identity, and religion. With interviews as the source material, this study explores the effects of computer games on people's religious identities and daily lives from social, psychological, and religious...

This is the enhanced, updated edition of a collection of essays of philosophical & theological import.

Help Teens Study and Share The Screwtape Letters!For over 70 years, teenagers have loved reading The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis but have struggled to completely understand and share what they read. Today, The Screwtape Letters Study Guide for Teens...

What can you do with the fire of the Holy Spirit living inside of you? This book majors on the foundation of all gifts mentioned in the Bible. The 9 Gifts of the Holy Spirit, The Service Gifts and the Ascension Gifts (5-Fold Callings). It is unique in...

Mike King proposes a youth ministry centered in the presence of God. Here, young people encounter Christ not in the flash and pop of arena ministry, but in the sacred shadow of his presence. This book gives shape to such ministry through the classic...

Is business just a way to make money? Or can the marketplace be a venue for service to others? Scott B. Rae and Kenman L. Wong seek to explore this and other critical business issues from a uniquely Christian perspective, offering up a vision for work...

With the decline of traditional Sunday school and education programs in recent years, many Christians have not learned the fundamental doctrinal content of the faith. In this text Gary Parrett and Steve Kang set forth a thoroughly biblical vision for...

Teacher-administrator Philip Dow explores the implications of setting intellectual character (rather than intellectual content) at the heart of our educational programs. With ample stories and practical suggestions, Dow shows how intellectual virtues...

Keith Anderson's essential backpack companion for Christian college students shows how to maintain a healthy spiritual life, build friendships, find community on campus, get involved in a new church and more.

Ants Work Best Together is a children sermons book. Here are some of the topics covered in this children sermons book:Christian object lessonsBible lessonsChildren sermonsChildren's Bible object lessonsObject lessons for youth groupYouth ministry object...

A 26-lesson study guide on Luther's Small Catechism. Sections cover the Law and Gospel, Apostles's Creed, the Lord´s Prayer, the sacraments, Martin Luther, The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and more. Lessons provide hymns, prayers, proof texts and a...

The Story Bible study provides groups of all sizes the opportunity to discuss and apply what they experience during the 31-week The Story church campaign. In 31 sessions, this study opens participants' eyes to God's master plan, unfolding in the lives...

In this eleven-lesson workbook, bestselling author John C. Maxwell shares how to become a leader who not only develops leaders but also helps those leaders to develop their own followers into leaders.

This book presents research on religion-related dialogue in European schools and addresses the complex intersection of various factors supporting or hindering it. It was originally published as a special issue of the Religion & Education.

Dotted throughout the complex storyline of Jesus lies a wealth of simple stories. Tales of lost sheep, praying widows and self-important Pharisees. To comprehend their meaning, you will require open eyes, listening ears and a heart ready to understand...

These conferences, presented by Thomas Merton to the novices at the Abbey of Gethsemani in 1963 1964, focus mainly on the life and writings of his great Cistercian predecessor, St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 1153). Guiding his students through Bernard s...

This handbook is for people in the field of English language teaching who are looking for practical ways to be both committed followers ofJesus and ethical TESOL professionals. What do such teachers actually do in the classroom? What materials do they...

Planning for Christian Education Formation was written to helpcongregational leaders, clergy, staff, and laypersons, plan and organize aChristian education ministry from the approach of Christian formation in acommunity of faith context. This book...

'Cuando la gente describe mi estilo de mi vida oa mi familia como raros, yo siento alivio', escribe el autor y pastor Craig Groeschel. Camine con él mientras comparte con usted una filosofía cristocéntrica que lo abarca todo, desde el uso del dinero...

On Nature and Grace is an anti-Pelagian book by Augustine of Hippo written in AD 415. It is a response to Pelagius's 414 book On Nature. Before this work, Augustine did not seem to see Pelagius as a heretic, but On Nature and Grace seems to be a turning...

Christians Teach is a compilation of extraordinarily useful documents, for learning the fundamental teachings of Christianity. It contains the three ancient Ecumenical Creeds, The sixteenth-century Small Catechism and Large Catechism of the great...

Este libro escrito por Léon Gautier es una obra que aborda la preparación y celebración de la Primera Comunión de los niños. En sus páginas, Gautier ofrece una guía detallada de los ritos y costumbres relacionados con este sacramento, así como consejos...

Un livre de catéchisme au service des parents et des enseignants, écrit par Auguste Decoppet. Les enseignants et les parents pourront utiliser cet ouvrage pour enseigner à leurs enfants les bases de la foi catholique. Decoppet a structuré cet ouvrage du...

Four centuries of African American preaching has provided hope, healing, and heaven for people from every walk of life. Many notable men and women of African American lineage have contributed, through the art of preaching, to the biblical emancipation...

Tricky Questions about God is a response to many requests made by Catholic teachers, catechists, and parents for help in answering the tricky and often highly intelligent questions that children and young people ask about their faith. The book begins...

Tricky Questions about God is a response to many requests made by Catholic teachers, catechists, and parents for help in answering the tricky and often highly intelligent questions that children and young people ask about their faith. The book begins...

Jesus commanded that we should come to him as little children --filled with wonder, bold with questions, pure in faith.Let the Children Come and Worship: Little Liturgies for Young Christiansis a wonderful resource for Sunday school teachers, parents,...

The Discipline of Religion is a lively critical journey through religious studies today, looking at its recent growth as an academic discipline, and its contemporary political and social meanings. Focusing on the differences between religious belief and...

Pastor and bestselling author Jim Cymbala explores the person and work of the Holy Spirit in this six-session small group Bible study.

Can't find any good skits for your program? Now you don't need them. We have over 400 Sketchuations for your students to create great on-the-spot skits.

In this six-session small group Bible study, The Christian Atheist, Craig Groeschel leads you and your group on a personal journey toward an authentic, God-honoring life.

"This new, third edition clearly reflects the impact of Vatican II on catechetics... The Decree on Priestly Formation made it possible...to omit a chapter on the role of kerygmatic theology in priestly formation, which had appeared in previous editions...

Gold Medal Winner 2023 Illumination Book AwardsSOMETHING IS MISSING IN MODERN CHRISTIANITY.There is something missing in today's Christian community and its absence is devastating people's faith, freedom, and understanding of the gospel message. What's...